Octopai

JULY 11, 2022

And when business users don’t complain, but you know the data isn’t good enough to make these types of calls wisely, that’s an even bigger problem. How are you, as a data quality evangelist (if you’re reading this post, that must describe you at least somewhat, right?), Tie data quality directly to business objectives.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And a data breach poses more than just a PR risk — by violating regulations like GDPR , a data leak can impact your bottom line, too. This is where successful data governance programs can act as a savior to many organizations. This begs the question: What makes data governance successful? Where do you start?

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Jim Harris

JANUARY 1, 2016

1 — Investigate Data quality is not exactly a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. However, understanding your data is essential to using it effectively and improving its quality. In order for you to make sense of those data elements, you require business context.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2024

And Doug Shannon, automation and AI practitioner, and Gartner peer community ambassador, says the vast majority of enterprises are now focused on two categories of use cases that are most likely to deliver positive ROI. Having automated and scalable data checks is key.” For us, it’s all part of data governance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

But the biggest point is data governance. You can host data anywhere — on-prem or in the cloud — but if your data quality is not good, it serves no purpose. Data governance was the biggest piece that we took care of. And we’ve already seen a big ROI on this.

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erwin

JUNE 17, 2021

erwin by Quest just released the “ 2021 State of Data Governance and Empowerment” report. This past year also saw a major shift as the silos between data governance, data operations and data protection diminished, with enterprises seeking to understand their data and the systems they use and secure to empower smarter decision-making.

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Alation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People might not understand the data, the data they chose might not be ideal for their application, or there might be better, more current, or more accurate data available. An effective data governance program ensures data consistency and trustworthiness. It can also help prevent data misuse.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This past week, I had the pleasure of hosting Data Governance for Dummies author Jonathan Reichental for a fireside chat , along with Denise Swanson , Data Governance lead at Alation. Can you have proper data management without establishing a formal data governance program?

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datapine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But the rewards outperform by far its costs, and it is well known that business intelligence ROI is real even if it is sometimes hard to quantify. While privacy and security are tight to each other, there are other ways in which data can be misused and you need to make sure you are carefully considering this when building your strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But the enthusiasm must be tempered by the need to put data management and data governance in place. The Salesforce report found that 87% of technical leaders say that advances in AI make data management a higher priority and 92% say that trustworthy data is needed more than ever before.

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CDW Research Hub

MAY 29, 2019

Data governance helps organizations manage their information and answer questions about business performance, allowing them to better understand data, and govern it to mitigate compliance risks and empower information stakeholders. Checklist: Building an Enterprise Data Governance Program.

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Alation

JULY 15, 2022

And, while change at large organisations is tough, data leaders would be wise to reframe such transformations as business opportunities rather than burdens. In other words, ethics and governance aren’t just about mitigating risk; with the right approach, they can boost profits, productivity, and ROI.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Then virtualize your data to allow business users to conduct aggregated searches and analyses using the business intelligence or data analytics tools of their choice. . Set up unified data governance rules and processes. With data integration comes a requirement for centralized, unified data governance and security.

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erwin

AUGUST 31, 2023

Improved Decision Making : Well-modeled data provides insights that drive informed decision-making across various business domains, resulting in enhanced strategic planning. Reduced Data Redundancy : By eliminating data duplication, it optimizes storage and enhances data quality, reducing errors and discrepancies.

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 7, 2023

Analytics reference architecture for gaming organizations In this section, we discuss how gaming organizations can use a data hub architecture to address the analytical needs of an enterprise, which requires the same data at multiple levels of granularity and different formats, and is standardized for faster consumption.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

ROI doesn’t meet expectations, the customer experience isn’t quite right , and data gets exposed or mishandled. Getting a return on their investments in analytics and marketing technology requires hospitality companies to thoroughly understand the source of their data , the quality of the data, and the relevance of the data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax Innovation is driven by the ease and agility of working with data. Increasing ROI for the business requires a strategic understanding of — and the ability to clearly identify — where and how organizations win with data.

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CDW Research Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Data modeling: Modeling is necessary to normalize this data across all platforms and sensor groups. Data quality: The life span of the sensor should be monitored to ensure that time-sensitive and reliable data is being captured and delivered. As each solution varies, so will your data processing needs.

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Anmut

APRIL 6, 2023

By regularly conducting data maturity assessments, you can catch potential issues early and make proactive changes to supercharge your business’s success. Understanding your data landscape Data maturity assessments help organisations understand the strengths and weaknesses of their data, across different business areas and geographies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 14, 2024

To help, the Microsoft Purview data governance service now includes an AI hub organizations can use to find and secure data, track the usage of that data in Copilot and other gen AI tools, and manage compliance, retention, and deletion, but it takes time and expertise.

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Anmut

MARCH 22, 2023

Anmut’s own clients estimate that poor data quality and availability causes at least 16% additional cost per year. Worse still, these organisations’ competitors are actually pouring twice as many resources into creating value from their data assets, giving them a massive advantage.

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Octopai

JANUARY 19, 2021

In addition, Octopai’s BI intelligence platform improves cross-team collaboration and optimizes metadata and data management by centralizing visibility of the entire BI landscape without the need of independent skill sets for each BI tool.

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Alation

MARCH 11, 2022

This begins with a fundamental shift around how people see data as well as their own relationship to it. First thing: Data is a powerful asset. Consider it now, too, as a product, which, if used correctly and by the right people, can provide real ROI. These are your new data producers. So where do people factor in?

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Anmut

APRIL 6, 2021

Most organisations undergoing a digital transformation understand that data is critical, but how many are actually managing data as an asset ? While businesses are happy to make investments in their underlying technology to become more data-driven, they could fail to realise an ROI because their data assets are poorly managed.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 4, 2023

Data democratization instead refers to the simplification of all processes related to data, from storage architecture to data management to data security. It also requires an organization-wide data governance approach, from adopting new types of employee training to creating new policies for data storage.

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Smarten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

SSDP balances flexibility and agility with data governance so business users have access to the right data at the right time, and the IT team can maintain crucial security and data privacy controls and standards, as well as data quality. Self-Serve Data Prep in Action.

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Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

What are common data challenges for the travel industry? Some companies struggle to optimize their data’s value and leverage analytics effectively. When companies lack a data governance strategy , they may struggle to identify all consumer data or flag personal data as subject to compliance audits.

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Alation

APRIL 27, 2022

A top-tier data culture company is one where most or all departments in an organization have adopted all three pillars of data culture: data search & discovery , data literacy , and data governance. The C-Suite Data and Analytics Investment Strategy Gap. The Data Catalog as a Critical Investment.

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Smarten

AUGUST 9, 2017

The ideal solution should balance agility with data governance to provide data quality and clear watermarks to identify the source of data. Augmented Analytics automates data insight by utilizing machine learning and natural language to automate data preparation and enable data sharing.

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FineReport

MAY 31, 2023

Dupont Analysis Dashboard FineReport simplifies the implementation of the Dupont analysis model, enabling an in-depth examination of an enterprise’s financial condition through Return on Investment (ROI). Ensuring seamless data integration and accuracy across these sources can be complex and time-consuming.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

” It’s just turned a corner: Now, thanks in part to things like Gartner telling companies, in the next year, by 2020, if you have a data catalog, you’re going to see twice the ROI from your existing data investments than if you don’t. What’s going on with the whole data at the center?

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Andrew White

JANUARY 11, 2021

See The Future of Data and Analytics: Reengineering the Decision, 2025. You mentioned a few times that most enterprises are not good at data governance. where performance and data quality is imperative? Data Governance has not only D&A and software angle but has a lot of process angle.

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Andrew White

JANUARY 9, 2022

Could you precise to which complementary research you mentioned when you talked about a data governance survey ? – Here is the one I mentioned during the webinar: The State of Data and Analytics Governance Is Worse Than You Think. – Data (and analytics) governance remains a challenge.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 9, 2025

Revisiting the foundation: Data trust and governance in enterprise analytics Despite broad adoption of analytics tools, the impact of these platforms remains tied to data quality and governance. According to McKinsey , organizations with mature governance frameworks are 2.5

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 24, 2024

These 10 strategies cover every critical aspect, from data integrity and development speed, to team expertise and executive buy-in. Data done right Neglect data quality and you’re doomed. It’s simple: your AI is only as good as the data it learns from. Big data is seductive, but more isn’t better if it’s garbage.

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DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A Guide to the Six Types of Data Quality Dashboards Poor-quality data can derail operations, misguide strategies, and erode the trust of both customers and stakeholders. However, not all data quality dashboards are created equal. These dimensions provide a best practice grouping for assessing data quality.

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Wayne Yaddow

MARCH 28, 2025

Unleashing GenAIEnsuring Data Quality at Scale (Part1) Transitioning from isolated repository systems to consolidated AI LLM pipelines Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash Introduction This blog is based on insights from articles in Database Trends and Applications, Feb/Mar 2025 ( DBTA Journal ).

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